Crash on U.S. 223 injures motorcyclist

A Holland, Ohio, man remained hospitalized Monday following a car-motorcycle crash Sunday on U.S. 223 near Division Street.

Vernon Salyer, 75, was riding a motorcycle east on U.S. 223 near Walmart at 12:35 p.m. when a vehicle driven by Heather Hazzard-Church, 35, of Napoleon pulled out of the parking lot drive and into Salyer’s path, according to information released Monday by the Madison Township Police Department.

Salyer was unable to avoid a collision and struck the back of Hazzard-Church’s car. He was taken by medical helicopter to ProMedica Toledo Hospital in Toledo for treatment of his injuries.